Reconstruction:Proto-Sarmatian/xumali
Proto-Sarmatian
Etymology
Suggested to be from ultimately from *háwHmah (“haoma plant”) + *Áryah (“Aryan, Iranian”).[1]
Noun
*xumali m
- hop plant (Humulus lupulus spp.)
Alternative reconstructions
- *xumall
Derived terms
- *xumallag
- Alanic: *xumællæg
Descendants
- →? Proto-Slavic: *xъmèľь (“hop plant”) (see there for further descendants)
- →? Proto-West Germanic: *humilō (“hop plant”) (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2002), Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 251